Many people in Missouri are still backing GOP Rep. Todd Akin — some more strongly than before — after his controversial remarks about rape and pregnancy.
Akin was polling ahead of the incumbent, Democrat Claire McCaskill, in the U.S. Senate race in Missouri, but his support fractured into several distinct camps after his comment that women’s bodies can block pregnancy in cases of “legitimate rape.” (He has since apologized.)
At a fireworks show promoted by a conservative Christian radio station in downtown Kansas City, Mo., Mary Bennett says she’s been watching the firestorm over Akin.
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